Competitions · China

Xuzhou Open 2025

Xuzhou, Jiangsu · 16 November 2025 · 5 events · 203 competitors · 148 personal bests

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won two of the five events (3×3, 2×2) and the closest final was the 3×3 one-handed, won by Zhen Chen (陈震) by 0.48 seconds. 203 competitors produced 148 personal bests, 91 of which still stand today, and 56 people held a competitor card for the first time.

The moment

The day's biggest improvement

Jiacheng Li (李家诚) took a 2×2 single of 11.41 down to 2.98, 74 percent better in one day.

Two wins

Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) — 3×3, 2×2

0.48s

closest final — 3×3 one-handed, Zhen Chen (陈震) over Xulang Li (黎旭朗)

148

personal bests set on the day

Winners & podiums

Event	Winner	Single	Average
3×3	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	3.45	4.32
2×2	Yiheng Wang (王艺衡)	0.77	0.99
4×4	Bofan Zhang (张博藩)	20.75	22.58
3×3 one-handed	Zhen Chen (陈震)	7.78	9.37
Pyraminx	Lingkun Jiang (姜凌坤)	1.03	1.29

The PB harvest

148 set · 91 still standing

Zhi Li (李志) — 3×3 single 5.90: into the top 0.43% of the event's history.
Yilin Zhao (赵奕麟) — Pyraminx single 1.60: into the top 0.55% of the event's history.
Jinyi Zhu (朱晋逸) — 3×3 single 6.62: into the top 0.96% of the event's history.
Longlong Luo (罗龙隆) — 3×3 single 7.22: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Mingzhe Li (李明哲) — 3×3 single 7.25: into the top 1.6% of the event's history.
Yuxuan Li (李雨轩) — 3×3 single 7.29: into the top 1.7% of the event's history.
Jinge Li (李金戈) — 3×3 single 7.36: into the top 1.8% of the event's history.
Ziduo Ni (泥梓铎) — 3×3 single 7.46: into the top 1.9% of the event's history.

First-timers

56 people competed for the first time at this competition, joining the 28,483 people who made their debut in 2025. Start here explains what a first competition is like.

Records watch

No national, continental or world records were set at this competition. That is true of most competitions.

The field

203 competitors · 758 results · 5 events.

Solve this final yourself

how this works →

The 3×3 final here ran on one scramble group, so these five sequences are exactly what the finalists faced. Yiheng Wang (王艺衡) won it with a 4.32 average. Hold your cube white centre up, green centre facing you, follow each sequence, and check against the pictures.

1B' D' B' F2 L' F2 D2 B2 R' D2 L2 B2 F' D' R' U' F2 L' D2
2F2 R2 B2 R' U' F D L2 F2 D2 R B2 R' U2 R' F2 R2 D' F
3U L' D2 U B2 F2 L2 D' B2 R2 U' B2 L D L' B' D2 U2 R
4L U2 L' U2 F' U' B' U2 R' B2 D' B2 L2 U D2 B2 U2 L2
5L' U' F' L' B2 D F2 D' R2 D' R2 U' L' F D' R U B U'

solve 1

solve 2

solve 3

solve 4

solve 5

Race this final

Everyone who competed

203 competitors

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a final is a competition's last round; its order decides the podium · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · every solve starts from a computer-generated scramble, the same for every competitor in a round.